INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Eberflus woke up Sunday morning and got to work early, the same way he has the morning after every game this season.

Eberflus opened his day by finishing the evaluation of his defense’s dominant performance over Houston the day before, jumped immediately into preparation for Kansas City’s running game, specifically on first and second down, and met with the rest of the Colts coaching staff.

All of that is normal. The next item on his schedule was new.

“Then you do your thing that’s off on a different site,” Eberflus said.

That “thing” was a job interview. The Cleveland Browns interviewed Eberflus as a potential head coach, a career step Eberflus has always wanted to take.

Interviewing in the middle of a playoff run is not uncommon in the NFL. Because the teams in need of a new head coach typically aren’t playoff participants and the candidates teams want to hire often have roles to play in the postseason, the NFL has a series of rules governing when those interviews can happen.

For example, assistant coaches like Eberflus — coaches who won on wild card weekend — can be interviewed up until the conclusion of the divisional round this weekend.

According to Eberflus, Colts General Manager Chris Ballard handled the scheduling of his defensive coordinator’s interview with the Browns.

As soon as the interview was over, Eberflus headed back to the Colts’ facility to start hammering away at the Chiefs again.

“What you try to do is segment things into boxes, so you can focus and hone in on what you’re talking about, what you’re doing,” Eberflus said.

This whole situation is a new experience for Eberflus. Sunday’s interview was the first time he’s interviewed for an NFL head coaching job.

Eberflus did not offer any details on how the interview went.

But as far as his long Sunday goes, a long work day simply comes with the territory.

“Normal day for an NFL coach,” Eberflus said. “Get up early and go to bed late. That’s the way it is during the season, but we love that. It’s a part of the business.”